Derek Luke Finds That Working on Television Doesn’t Have to Be Traumatic by Jay S. Jacobs In recent years, more and more actors are making the leap from feature films to television. What once had been a bit of a taboo has exploded, with many name movie actors finding stimulating work on series television – … Continue reading
TURNING GREEN (2005) Starring Timothy Hutton, Colm Meaney, Alessandro Nivola, Donal Gallery, Killian Morgan, Jill Harding, Billie Traynor, Brid Ni Chionaola, Deirdre Monaghan, Glenn Gannon, Gavin O’Connor, Sinead C. Kavanagh and Katherine Kendall. Screenplay by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Directed by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Distributed by New Films International. 85 … Continue reading
Michael Sheen British Actor Fights for The Damned United by Brad Balfour Whether playing everyone’s best known Brit – be it former Prime Minister Tony Blair (The Queen) or talk show host David Frost (Frost/Nixon) – veteran actor Michael Sheen has become known to American audiences for playing an incredibly versatile range of characters from werewolves to … Continue reading
THE PROPOSAL (2009) Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Denis O’Hare, Malin Akerman, Oscar Nuñez, Aasif Mandvi and Niecy Nash. Screenplay by Pete Chiarelli. Directed by Anne Fletcher. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. A movie like The Proposal tends to cause a moral dilemma for a movie reviewer. … Continue reading
Nicole Steinwedell Looks Back on The Unit by Jay S. Jacobs There are many Hollywood legends about how an actor was discovered. Ever since Lana Turner was found sitting at Schwab’s Drug Store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, there has been a fascination with actors who have been found through quirky means – sitting at … Continue reading
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Featuring the voices of Adriana Caselotti, Lucille LaVerne, Harry Stockwell, Moroni Olsen, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Eddie Collins, Stuart Buchanan, James MacDonald and Marion Darlington. Screenplay by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Credon, Dick Rickard, Merrill De … Continue reading
Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying by Brad Balfour British comic Ricky Gervais has one kicky concept behind his directorial debut, The Invention of Lying. On an alternate earth, humanity lacks the capacity for lying so truth-telling is just telling. People may speak the truth, but have no sense of humor and no idea of fiction. … Continue reading
Jesse Eisenberg Becomes an Action Figure in Zombieland by Brad Balfour For 26-year-old actor Jesse Eisenberg –who was awarded lots of attention for his troubled teenager in The Squid and the Whale – becoming a zombie-killing machine offers a curious shift in gears. Interspersed with his first-person voiceover as the wussy Columbus, Zombieland spotlights two survivors who forge an … Continue reading
Joel and Ethan Coen Two Serious Men Gaze Into Their Past by Jay S. Jacobs Brothers and auteurs Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in a sparse, ticky-tack, rustic early suburb of Minneapolis in the late 60s. Now, after over two decades in filmmaking in which they have turned their incisive pens (okay, more likely computers) onto … Continue reading
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE (2009) Starring Angela Sarafyan, Jesse Garcia, Bai Ling, Dana Delany, Debi Mazar, Jonathan LaPaglia, Walter Perez, Enrique Castillo, Rena Owen, Bree Elise, Meltem Cumbul, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Deidra Edwards and Saadet Aksoy. Screenplay by Wendy Hammond and Deborah Calla. Directed by Alejandro Chomski. Distributed by New Films International. 81 minutes. Not … Continue reading
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